L’homme caché (en)

Selection:

Format:

Feature film

Type:

Fiction

Country:

Chile

France

Script writer(s):

Sergio Castro

Director:

Sergio Castro

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Director's biography:

Writer, director, editor, Sergio Castro belongs to the new generation of Chilean cinema. In 2009 he directed his first film El Paseo selected in several festivals. His documentary A day with Tortoisewas selected to Barcelona, to Inedit Chile, and Mexico among others. Hidden man won the call for projects of France Télévisions in 2015.

Director's main filmography:

Paseo (fiction)

El frio misterioso (documentaire)

Un dia con Tortoise (documentaire)

La mujer de Barro (fiction en post-production)

Director’s statement:

My film follows my meeting with Marcela, sister of Ricardo. This marked for me the beginning of an investigation. I then questioned about loneliness and survival, on the transition to democracy of my country. Through interviews with Marcela, I am interested in portraying a young man, author of several homicides that have forever changed our History.

Synopsis:

After attending the capture of his father from the hands of Pinochet's soldiers, Ricardo, a young man of 17, decides to join the "resistance front" that work against the dictatorship. Ricardo life changes forever when participating in an operation which finishes with the death of a senator,5 which is the brain of the "military coup" in Chile. Ricardo is arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment. He was interrogated and tortured. Yet while the future was very dark for him, he managed to escape. Now in 2015 he is still the most wanted man in the country. Hidden somewhere, Ricardo yet managed to contact his relatives. This film is his story, past and present, that of "hidden man."

Visual concept:

Research and memory are the concepts of the film. The characters are itinerant, who searched the places visited by the protagonist, invisible. This path will be filmed with a camera on steady cam and wide dolly. The interviews will be worked in VoiceOver, they evoke memories of a family album, the listening of a jail recording, the reading of a letter. The archives will be independent times. There will fictional scenes to embody Ricardo.

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Goals at Cinéma en Développement:

TV and financing

Shooting Date:

April 2016

Preview locations of shooting:

Chile

Budget:

142 000 euros

Granted / applied funds:

29.895 France Télévisions

15000 Région Midi Pyrénées

25000 CNC

25000 Storyboard Media

17600 Les Films Figures Libres

Current Status of the project:

In production.

Production company:

Producer's biography:

Sonia Paramo is manager of Les Films Figures Libres from 15 years ago. Her collaboration with Cinélatino led her to co-produce 3 films with Latin America. Also passionate about music, Sonia produced films in the field of opera, classical, jazz and pop music. Sonia won in September 2015 call for project-Cinélatino France Télévisions for the project of Sergio Castro The hidden man.

Production company profile:

LES FILMS FIGURES LIBRES is an independent company that produces documentaries from 15 years ago. These are unitary documentaries and re-creations of live shows. Since 2012, Les Films Figures Libres produces documentary feature films: a research cinema, singular and innovative.